Summary: CALLING UPON THE LORD IN TROUBLED TIMES

TROUBLESOME TIMES

INTRODUCTION:

DAVID IS A CLASSIC STUDY OF A MAN IN AND OUT OF GOD’S WILL. DAVID KNEW TO CALL UPON IN TIMES OF TROUBLE.

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT:

READ PSALMS 31: 1-2

READ PSALMS 31: 13-15.

PSALMS 31:13 - THIS VERSE REELECTS VERSES 9-12 REFLECTING ON HIS LIFE, DAVID ADMITS HE IS A BROKEN VESSEL. HE KNEW GOD WAS THE AGENT OF RESTORATION. JOHN 8: 32 - YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.

PSALMS 31: 14-A TRUST RELATIONSHIP EMERGES ONLY THROUGH A REPENTANT HEART. BIBLICAL REPENTANCE IS A CHANGE OF MIND, HEART, ATTITUDE AND CONDUCT. READ PSALMS 140:6.

PSALMS 31: 15-DAVID PLEADS FOR FAVOR KNOWING GOD IS IN CONTROL OF HIS LIFE. THIS CREATES WITHIN A BELIEVE A SENSE OF INTIMATE UNION WITH GOD. HE WAS CONFIDENT HIS ENEMIES WOULD EXPERIENCE GOD’S JUDGMENT.

APPLICATION: MAKE GOD YOUR FIRST CHOICE IN TROUBLESOME TIMES!